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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.


Edmund Burke

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Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do a little
EDMUND BURKE No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
EDMUND BURKE Jordan did a very nice job out there. He pitched excellent. He only made one mistake.
TRAVIS MOYER It is a mistake to do nothing just because you think you can only do a little.
KAREN DUFFY wasting what little breath he did have laughing at himself. Because sometimes, that’s all you coul...
KELLEY ARMSTRONG I think we made a little mistake last year not throwing him in there sooner. He would have struggled...
MIKE HOLMGREN The way he carried himself on the field, the little things he did made a difference in what his pitc...
MIKE SCIOSCIA He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
SAMUEL SMILES He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
SAMUEL SMILES A fool’s excuse is always bigger than the mistake he made.
VIKRANT PARSAI Frankie's stuff and his poise enabled him to succeed, and he just did it at a time when nobody expec...
BILL STONEMAN Do you know why he did what he did to you? Because he could.
KARISHMA MAGVANI We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mi...
SAMUEL SMILES Is he like Burke, who winds into a subject like a serpent?
OLIVER GOLDSMITH We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding...
SAMUEL SMILES Nobody is stronger, nobody is weaker than someone who came back. There is nothing you can do to such...
ELIE WIESEL We learn from failure much more than from success; we often discover what we will do by finding our ...
SAMUEL SMILES Casey came over and apologized. I guess he made a mistake, and it's very easy to make a mistake when...
RICKY RUDD It is only those who do nothing who makes no mistake.
PYOTR KROPOTKIN He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our help...
EDMUND BURKE He's a solid pitcher and did a good job. He pitches a little harder than most guys and we made the m...
DARRYL BAKER If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you ...
FRANZ SCHUBERT If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.
PLATO He made a mistake, he got them mixed up.
WILLIAM BLUM Stephane did a good job today. He is a champion, but he made a mistake yesterday. We must remember t...
DOMINIQUE SERIEYS He that is in you is not only greater than he/they standing before you, but He is also greater than ...
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL It's an unfortunate incident. He admits he made a mistake.
MILTON GRIMES He made a mistake and he was punished for it. We all make mistakes. What's important is how you resp...
BYRON SAMUELS Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. Bu...
PATRICK WHITE He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he c...
ZOROASTER George grimaced. “Jack is spoiled. Things are hard for him, but he isn’t the only one who doesn�...
ILONA ANDREWS He who knows the source is greater than he who knows the store
SUNDAY ADELAJA I was the one who made the mistake. He hit a fastball. It wasn't a good pitch.
FERNANDO CABRERA The young guys did a great job. I also think we threw a lot of looks and disguises at them. Their qu...
ERNIE SIMS He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
JOSEPH HELLER There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't done anything, ...
WILL ROGERS He who knows nothing, loves nothing./ He who can do nothing understands nothing./ He who understands...
PHILIPUS AUREOLUS PARACELSUS I did meet with him. I said he had made a mistake and that people were talking about recalling him.
BOB DAY I was dogging it out there. I had nothing left. I think I just wanted it a little more than he did.
JAYSON SWANSON He was apologetic, and he really didn't have nothing to do with it. He tore up his car worse than he...
RICHARD PETTY Why are women always the ones who have to forgive? If you cheated on a man, he would be like, 'Y...
ADRIENNE BAILON He was completely amazing, ... He did love having six women around him all the time. We took him to ...
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY When he first got down there, he was 'The Golden Child.' Everyone loved him, ... He had his whole fa...
JAMIE SHARPER There's not a whole bunch of things he could do about it, but he did what he could.
LARRY BAKER I was disappointed in that penalty. ... He made a mistake. He threw a rabbit punch in the pile. He w...
JEFF BOWER He made little, too little of sacraments and priests, because God was so intensely real to him. Wh...
PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D. I think if he could look into a crystal ball and see the future, he'd probably realize he made a big...
BRENDAN HAYWOOD He's one of the only ones who could put that plane in this field. He did a great job.
DOROTHY ROBINSON A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own per...
ANONYMOUS The failure wishes he could do things he could never do. He thinks little of what he can do.
MARK CAINE [H]er retaliation only made the sin the greater because she could not find words to confess.
THOMM QUACKENBUSH I have made so many mistakes but I have learned a lot and I'm confident to say - he who never made a...
BERNARD KELVIN CLIVE Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota...
FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv...
SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
...
LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more...
FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa...
HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin...
HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ...
HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w...
HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI He was a wonderful little boy. He did everything he could to make everyone happy, to make everyone s...
TERISA JOHNSON He was 16, a French immigrant, nobody knew who he was ? he was an orphan. He was nobody, and then al...
JULIE SCHABLITSKY A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Personally, I thought Curly was the greatest because he was a natural comedian who had no formal tra...
LARRY FINE The only time anyone has ever gotten into serious trouble was when he decided he could do nothing ab...
L. RON HUBBARD He felt trapped in an environment where he could do nothing right. He could do nothing to make his f...
JASON GRIGGS The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scient...
MARTIN REES Whatever they recommend, he will do. Nobody ordered him to do it. He did it on his own.
BEN ALLEN Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the busi...
WAYLON JENNINGS I had a little boy who looks up to his dad and he said, 'Dad, did you do drugs?
BILL ROMANOWSKI His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one ti...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY Kent was the only one to notice the mistake. He could have just kept quiet since he had already sign...
LINDA FAILES Nobody, not even Palmer, is bigger than the Game, ... I firmly believe that he did wrong and that he...
KEN VENTURI He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .
EPICURUS He only made one mistake in the hairpin and we weren't close enough to take advantage.
PAUL TRACY Before I made a mistake, I did not make that mistake.
JOHAN CRUIJFF I think he seems a little more hesitant shooting the jumper than he did earlier this year.
GEORGE KARL How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because th...
JANE AUSTEN Publishers were ever eager for authors to do their own publicity because nobody else was willing to ...
DAVE MORRIS I made a mistake, ... and he gets paid to hit mistakes.
GARY MAJEWSKI But who is Aslan? Do you know him?"
"Well-he knows me," said Edmund. "He is the great Lion, the...
C.S. LEWIS A man who has nothing which he cares about more than he does about his personal safety is a miserabl...
JOHN STUART MILL I made a bad pitch and he did what he was supposed to do with it.
DERRICK TURNBOW He was a great kid. He just made one mistake, and the Lord took him home.
JUANNA GRAHAM And He was the one who invented marriage so that the blazing fire of romantic love could become some...
JOSHUA HARRIS He did his part in all ways. He pitched great, he made some great fielding plays, he stole a base, h...
DUSTY BAKER He figures he knows the Murdoch system and nothing would give him greater pleasure than beating his ...
AL MURDOCH He changed the two names around. We decided to send him home because of the big mistake he made with...
JAN MARTINEK The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a ...
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EDMUND BURKE In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upo...
EDMUND BURKE All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
EDMUND BURKE To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
EDMUND BURKE Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
EDMUND BURKE The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
EDMUND BURKE It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
EDMUND BURKE But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and ...
EDMUND BURKE The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please; we ought to see what it w...
EDMUND BURKE He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoder...
EDMUND BURKE Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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